"WHAT THE hell's going on here?" Dr. Cello frowned.

"Wasn't Dave Callaghan executed?" Honey raised her brow.

"Yeah and it couldn't be his dad 'cuz he's dead also." Dash shrugged.

"It's neither of them." Dr. Cello turned to the others. "They're both dead and even if they weren't, killing random people wouldn't be their MO. They each had their reasons and this is meaningless murder."

"Then it must be someone who's trying to hide behind their mask." Jack stroked his chin.

"So, what can you make of it, Dr. Cello?" Honey Lemon's eyes exuded worry as she turned to the scientist.

Dr. Cello walked up to the middle of the room, fishing a phone out of his jacket pocket. He squatted before the machine and waved his phone over it, receiving a beep in response. Dash and Honey stood behind him, watching closely while Jack and Maxwell stood near the walls, trying to piece things together.

"I don't think we should be so close to the thing." Maxwell frowned. "If it's the cause of the building's collapse, it could make the ceiling crash right on top of us."

Wasabi and Fred ran into the room, the latter jumping to the centre of the room, smacking his head against a pipe on the ceiling and crashing on the floor. Struggling to his feet, he walked up to Wasabi, bringing a frown to Maxwell's face. Dr. Cello stood and walked up to the others while Violet entered the room.

"You guys seen GoGo?" She looked around.

"She just left right after you did." Wasabi turned to her.

"Probably looking for Hiro." Honey's brows furrowed. "I hope he's alright."

"What were you able to find?" Jack walked up to Dr. Cello.

"I dunno, but I got a sweet pic of the machine." The scientist grinned, making Maxwell groan in aggravation.

"Will you get serious!?" Jack frowned.

"What?" The scientist jerked back. "Softball's a sport?"

"Dr. Cello, come on!" Honey walked up to him.

"I am serious." He moved up to the centre of the room. "All my life, I've wanted a cup of coffee." He took a sip of coffee. "But each time." He drank some. "Fate." He took a sip. "Has." He slurped loudly. "This is some good coffee." He took more. "Eluded me." He chugged down, causing Maxwell to slap his forehead.

"We're talking about the bomb." Wasabi shook his head.

"Yeah, this coffee is the bomb." Dr. Cello tossed he cup away. "Where do they keep coming from?"

"Dios maldita sea, what do you think that machine is?!"Anger raised Honey's voice. "Is it a bomb?"

"No, it's not." The scientist pocketed the phone.

"What is it?" Violet turned to the machine.

"It's responsible for the building's collapse, but it's neither a bomb, nor is its main function to cause buildings to crumble." Dr. Cello folded his arms. "It's got a shock wave mechanism that's affecting the walls of the building and causing it to –," The room shook, making him stagger. "I missed last year's Idols."

"If the machine's causing buildings to collapse, isn't that its main function?" Maxwell adjusted his glasses. "How do you know that it isn't?"

"As I took the pic, my phone detected radio frequencies coming from it." Dr. Cello turned to him. "It's communicating to something or someone, so I figure that it's not its main function."

"Your phone can do that?" Excitement dilated Fred's eyes.

"It can also cook noodles." Dr. Cello grinned.

Maxwell shook his head, crossing his legs and stroking his chin as he raked through his thoughts. The machine was emitting radio frequencies, so Dr. Cello's theory was most likely accurate that its main function was not to destroy the building. Then again, it could be a bomb and the wavelengths were simply to communicate to the handler of its progress or to enable remote control somewhere far away from the location it was in.

"It could still be a bomb and it's probably just releasing the frequencies so someone can control it far away from the building." Maxwell turned to Dr. Cello.

"I still think that the machine's not meant to destroy buildings." The scientist gestured at it.

"Well, whether it's a bomb or not, how do we deactivate it?" Dash walked up to him. "If we don't stop it now, that tetracalci – whatever stuff's gonna let out and the building could still collapse."

"Oh, I know how we can deactivate it." Dr. Cello smirked.


"HIRO." GOGO's voice came gently, pulling him out of the shrouding darkness.

He came to, groaning as he tried to sit up, a loud ringing invading his ears as he took in his surroundings. She held him gently; worry exuding in her expression as she set him against a rock nearby. He sobered up as he laid down, his vision clearing as he looked at her.

"GoGo …" A warm smile adorned him. "You're alive." He touched her face gently.

"Yeah." She pressed his hand against her cheek. "Bunch of rocks can't take me out that easily."

"Thank God." He sighed and laid back.

"What happened here?" She looked around.

"Allie." He winced. "Attacked me."

"Allie?" She raised her brow.

"Yeah." He exhaled. "She can control metal."

"Like X-Men?" She smiled smugly.

"Sorta."

"And she got you this banged up?" She chuckled. "If you're gonna cheat on me, be less violent about it."

"Not funny."

"I wonder why we don't have this much fun." She looked around. "I've been so lonely lately." She teased.

"You want me to come by later?" He raised his brow.

"Yeah, my room doesn't need that much rearrangement." She smiled at him then stroked his head affectionately. "You're okay, right?"

"Yeah, just a …" He shuddered.

"Hiro?"

Pain swam through his body tremulously and he shivered as he sunk back, instilling worry in her. His skin grew pale, several shades lower than his normal tone as he breathed heavily. She shook him, fear taking hold of her as she slowly began to panic.

"Hiro? Hiro!" Her eyes dilated in terror.

"N … I'm fine." He opened his eyes slowly.

"What happened to you?"

"I … dunno." His voice strained.

"You've got a fever." She touched his forehead. "What did she do to you?"

He sighed and his eyes closed slowly, causing her to panic again as she reached to touch him. A sudden cold brushed against her leg and she felt around for it, picking the syringe off the ground. She frowned and placed it in a slot on the back of her armour.

"Did she inject you with something?" Her brows furrowed.

"Yeah … just before she left."

"I'm gonna call Baymax." She went on comm. "Baymax?" She waited. "Come in, Baymax." She cursed. "Outta range."

"How?" He struggled to sit up. "The signal should reach across San Fransokyo. Is he out of the city?"

"A couple miles away from here." She huffed. "The nearest hospital's further and Baymax's trying to save people from a collapsing building."

"Let's just –," He winced. "Let's just get to the hospital. I should be able to fly a little bit longer, so it shouldn't take long."

"Okay, let's get moving." She stood up.

He rose to his feet with her assistance, wobbling slightly as he caught himself. He lifted his right arm and his glove flew toward him, wrapping around him and encircling the plates of the rest of the armour, holding it in place. He walked toward his helmet painfully, GoGo following close by as he picked it up.

"You sure you should be walking around in your condition?" Her brows furrowed.

"I'm fine." He looked at his helmet. "Helmet, clean visor interior." A low whine met their ears as a small wiper similar to that on a car windshield, moved up and down, cleaning the blood off the visor from the inside. He put it on and turned to her. "Let's go."

She nodded and walked away from him, picking up her helmet and put it on. The crunching of feet against sand met their ears, turning as their eyes dilated in surprise. Three ninjas ran into the building, spreading outward in a formation as they approached them.

A ninja threw a kunai dagger at GoGo, grazing against her helmet as she spun out of the way and skated toward him. Hiro flew into the air and shot a sonic beam at an assailant, missing as his body transformed into a dark mist that swooped past his head, knocking him to the ground. GoGo jumped at a ninja, swiping a maglev disc at his head and missed, meeting rushing air as he sank into a shadow in the ground.

The shadow swept past her, knocking her off her feet and moved up a wall behind her and onto the ceiling above. The ninja dove out of the darkness; fishing out a chain sickle that he tossed at her. She rolled out of the way, launching to her feet as she threw a maglev disc at him as he descended, smacking him against a wall.

The darkness engulfed the ninja, moving across the wall and onto the ground, circling around her. She leaped into the air as an arm jutted out of the shadow and tossed a maglev disc on the ground. She pressed a line on her thigh, activating the weapon's electrified ring, sending out pulses that electrocuted the ninja, knocking him out of the shadow.

She lifted her hand, drawing the disc to her and skated away as the assailant threw the chain sickle at her midsection. Hiro thrust his hands at two ninjas, shooting sonic beams that they dodged swiftly, turning into mists that moved toward him. He flew into the air, firing at the dark clouds that dissipated upon impact then merged into one.

The cloud devoured him, crashing him onto the ground as it spread around. An assailant's arm jutted out, kunai dagger in hand and stabbed at him. Hiro flew out of the haze, firing a repulsor out of his palm at it, knocking the ninjas out of the fog. They crashed onto the ground, flipping to their feet simultaneously as they turned to him. Hiro's eyes dilated, fear enveloping him as they ran off.

A ninja kicked GoGo, knocking her onto a wall as the others ran towards him. Hiro flew towards them as they turned into dark mists, merged into one and lunged at GoGo, driving her through the concrete and into the street.

A chase ensured, Hiro hot on their tail as the mist pushed GoGo down a one-way street, grazing her helmet against the asphalt. Lifting her head up, she shifted her weight, corkscrewing out of the fog's grasp. Electricity exploded out of the racing lines on her leotard, spreading out as she spun forward in midair, dissipating the mist.

She skated onward, turning back swiftly as she held her fist before her, going into a running stance. Hiro shot at the road near a ninja, knocking him into the air as she darted forward, tossing a maglev disc that collided with his midsection as he went airborne. The assailant transformed into a mist, shooting into the wall of a nearby building, turning into a shadow that ran up the structure. He shot out of it, landing a heavy right hook on Hiro, crashing him onto a car.


"WHY'D YOU do that?"Anger dilated Wasabi's eyes.

"What? I did say I could deactivate it." Dr. Cello shrugged.

"We didn't say spill coffee on it!" Wasabi gritted his teeth.

Groans swept the room, feet shuffling as the others walked away in disapproval, some shaking their heads and others massaging their temples. Dash simply pocketed his hands, satisfied with the solution and Fred shrugged, completely lost at everyone else's anger. Dr. Cello groaned, pulling out a cloth from his pocket and walked up to the machine, wiping it clean.

"There, you happy?" Dr. Cello tossed the cloth away.

"It's still busted!" Wasabi clenched his fists stiffly at his sides. "If you just deactivated it, we could've analyzed it and found out who was behind it!"

"Relax, calm down, Wasabi." Honey walked up to him.

"No, this –," The room shook, interrupting Wasabi as he staggered.

"You think something like coffee would bust a machine this intricate?" Dr. Cello crossed his arms, a smug smile stretching his face.

"Then why did you do it?" Wasabi enunciated, breathing heavily.

"Because it's fun to see you freak out." The scientist chuckled.

"Fu – fu …" Wasabi seethed. "Fumbling retard!"

"What does that even mean?" Dash raised his brow, chuckling slightly.

"I'm not cussing because of him." Wasabi pointed at Dr. Cello.

"Still." Dash shook his head, chuckling.

"Come on, Wasabi, just calm down." Honey pulled him away, patting his shoulder.

"He's so frustrating." Wasabi muttered.

"I know, I know." Honey nodded. "China has Chinese people."

"Not you too!" Wasabi jerked back.

Honey giggled causing Wasabi to backtrack in surprise, bringing a small smile to Violet's face. As crazy as Dash's new friends seemed to be, they were growing on her, though the situation at hand made her quickly frown. Turning to the machine, she walked forward, looking at Dr. Cello who nodded repeatedly, humming for a reason unknown to her.

"So, how're we gonna stop the machine?" Violet's brows furrowed. "We're still in danger of the building collapsing."

"I've got it covered." Dr. Cello turned to Honey. "Honey, give me two maglev balls."

"Why?" She fished them out and tossed them to him.

"I've got an idea." He walked up to the machine.

He got on one knee, holding the maglev balls over the machine and pressed the buttons on their sides with his thumbs. A low rumbling met their ears, increasing in amplitude as the machine slowly rose into the air, cracking the floor around it. It dislodged and latched onto the balls, bringing a smirk to Dr. Cello's face as he stood up and walked toward the others. A low whine came from the machine as it shut off, oscillating spikes underneath it slowing down to a halt.

"Well, that's one way of doing it." Violet looked at the machine.

The clanking of steel drew them to turn to the door, Baymax's large form coming to view as he walked, his head nearly scraping against the ceiling. He shifted his head around, doing a rudimentary scan of the room's occupants as he approached them. He set his eyes on the machine, squinting as he analyzed it.

"That is the source of the heat signature I detected at the Crimson Phantom's warehouse. Guess I shouldn't freak out anymore." He shrugged. "The building has been evacuated and the authorities are nearby taking care of the survivors"

"Good, let's get back to the lab and –," An explosion interrupted Dr. Cello.

A dark mist swam into the room from a gaping hole in the ceiling, rushing downward to its occupants. The world slowed around Dash who looked around, controlling his breath as he turned to the others. Quickly, he ran across the concourse, picking them one by one and running with them out of the room. The mist crashed onto the ground, swimming around and went out the door.


THE OTHERS found themselves in the lobby of the building, Dash stepping back as he looked at the elevator anxiously. Cracks riddled its walls, pieces of the former machine strewn all over the floor nearby. Bracing themselves, they sent their gazes around, getting into their signature fighting stances.

"There was a dark mist following us." Dash glanced at the others. "It's gonna come at us from the elevator."

"What is it?" Fred raised his brow.

"Didn't I just tell you what it is?" Dash frowned slightly.

"Whatever it is, it's after us and we've gotta keep the fight away from the people outside." Violet looked around.

"If we run away, it'll follow us and they'll get hurt in the process." Honey dialled up a Chem. Ball.

"We'll take the fight to the roof then." Dash cocked his neck, stretching himself.

"Do we even know what this thing is?" Wasabi turned on his plasma blades.

"It's just like the supervillain, Vapor!" Fred slapped his helmet on. "This'll be totally awesome!"

"Take that thing down and give us confirmation when the fight's over." Jack headed toward the door.

"Catch." Maxwell tossed his phone to Dash. "Take pics of the fight."

"I thought we were just pathetic fools." Dash received the phone.

"Even I know when something's going to be interesting." Maxwell smirked.

"Well, you got it." Dash scooped Honey up. "Let's get busy." He ran up the stairs nearby.

"Whoohoo!" Fredzilla jumped up.

The dark mist shot out of the elevator, chasing after Baymax who flew away from it, following Wasabi, Violet and Fred up a flight of stairs. Jack, Dr. Cello and Maxwell ran out of the building and across the street to Jack's car.


DASH PLACED Honey on her feet and looked around, awaiting Wasabi, Violet, Baymax and Fred who came up to the roof. The mist exploded out of the structure, shooting at them quickly as it spread out. Dash carried Honey out of the way, Violet flew up, Fred jumped back and Wasabi rolled out of the way.

The fog gathered to one end of the expanse, collecting and fusing into the shape of a human being. The mist cleared and a man stood before them, his eyes shining brightly behind the shrouding darkness around him.

The metallic armour on his shoulders camouflaged against the black aura that covered him. Heavy plating composed his attire, accentuating his physique as it shaped out his biceps, abdominal muscles and legs. He wore a helmet with a horn protruding from the centre of his forehead, connecting to a cloth that masked his mouth and nose.

"So, this is the Big Hero 6?" The man frowned. "I did not think children would prove to be so troublesome."

"C'mon, Misty, show us what you got." Dash smirked.

The man stepped forward and Dash grinned as the world slowed around him. He ran back and forth, hitting him repeatedly like a punching bag as he darted across the roof. He ran off the building, down to the street, came back and sped past him. A car fell on the man, grazing towards the edge of the expanse. Dash ran up to the others.

"Hey, guys." He laughed. "Check this pic out."

He held the phone before him as the others gathered round to see the picture on the screen. The man stood with fists pressed against his hips, his head turned to his left as he smiled at a car driven by Violet that fell towards him. The others burst into laughter and she frowned.

"That's not funny." She folded her arms.

"Take another pic, take another pic!" Fred jumped about.

"I think we should be more serious about this." Wasabi looked at the car with unease.

"Relax, he can handle him." Honey's laugh died down.

"He is on the move." Baymax turned to them.

The mist rose into the air, the car hovering in its grasp and it tossed it at them. Baymax held the car, setting it gently to his right and the others spread out, surrounding the fog. Dash sped around the haze, collecting it in the centre as his speed increased.

"Fredzilla Breath Attack!" He launched into the air, spraying flames onto the fog.

The mist spread around the flames, spinning with the current of the tornado Dash began to form. It smacked against him, knocking him off his feet and flung him to the edge of the roof. Violet soared above the fog and cupped her hands together, parting them as energy formed between them.

A ninja launched out of a shadow beneath her, slashing her side with a kunai dagger. She held the wound, gritting her teeth as she looked around for the assailant. He jumped at her from behind and Baymax swooped in, punching him down to the roof. The ninja plopped on the ground beside Wasabi who looked in confusion as he sunk into his shadow, vanishing before his eyes.

"What are these things?" He jumped away as the mist shot at him.

"They are human beings, but they seem to be able to alter their body's atomic structure into that of … a gas or a shadow." Baymax's voice came on his comm. link.

"How's that possible?" Violet's voice came on the other end.

"I cannot explain how this is occurring, but it is."

"I thought your programming stopped you from hurting humans?" Honey's voice came on the comm. link.

"Hiro updated my programming so that I could only inflict non-lethal bodily harm. I did not approve of it, but it had to be done if we wanted to ensure the safety of others."

"Oh."

"Fire Pole!" Fredzilla drew a rod from the sheaths on his back, pressing a button on it that set it on fire. "Triple Strike Combo!" He jumped up to the fog, swinging the weapon wildly at it futilely. "Acid Breath Attack!" He sprayed a jet of the fluid from his mouth at the haze, missing as it curved out of the way.

The mist moved up to him, forming into the man who gave him an uppercut, knocking him off the roof. Dash ran toward him, down the wall and caught him midair, bringing him back onto the structure.

"This should relieve the pain momentarily and prevent infection until we can get you to a hospital." Baymax trailed his finger over Violet's wound, spraying an antiseptic on it. "Remember to –,"

A ninja kicked Violet in the gut, knocking her onto the concrete and reopening her wound. Baymax flew toward her and another assailant landed on his back, stabbing it with twin sais, causing him to crash. Honey tossed a Chem. Ball onto the attacker's back, releasing a gas that froze the ninja solid.

"Nitrogen gas." She held another Chem. Ball in hand. "Wonder why I never used it before." She smirked.

She tossed the Chem. Balls at three ninjas that ran toward her, running out of the way as another sent a volley of shurikens at her. She lifted her arms in defence, a blue light coming to life on her bracelet releasing an energy field of the same colour that deflected the weapons. The assailant sunk into the ground and the shadow moved forward, speeding toward her feet.

Dash scooped up Honey and ran out of the way as the ninja jumped out of the shadow with a punch. Wasabi kicked him in the back, knocking him off his feet and another stabbed at him with a sword, colliding with his plasma blade as he blocked swiftly. Violet shot an energy ball at the ninja's back and flew over Wasabi, waving her hands to weave energy before her and sent it to three ninjas on the roof sending them flying like confetti.

The armoured ninja took form in the middle of the roof throwing a dagger at Baymax who smacked it away and flew up to him. He turned into a mist, swiftly avoiding the robot's punch and turned, shot a ball of black energy into his back, sending him crashing on the concrete. The armoured ninja jumped back, avoiding a kick from Wasabi and ducked from another, punching him in the head, knocking him off his feet.

"Wings of Fire!" Fredzilla jumped down with the poles spread out to his sides. He clapped them down, missing as the armoured ninja flipped out of the way.

The armoured ninja kicked Fredzilla in the gut, sending him falling off the roof and barely holding to its edge. Violet flew up to him, shooting two energy balls at his head that he dodged swiftly. A ninja jumped on her shoulders, sending her flying with a leg lariat. Honey threw a Chem. Ball at him and he jumped up as it sprayed nitrogen gas around. Dash ran up to him, grabbed his shoulder, dragged him along as he sped on and threw him up before him, giving him a roundhouse to the head.


GOGO RAN onto a car's hood and jumped off its roof, flinging a maglev disc at a ninja who stood on another vehicle, bouncing it off four others in a curve and received it, skating away as a mist followed her. Hiro shot a repulsor at a ninja, missing as he shuddered and held his sides in pain. A ninja jumped up and kicked him in the head as he shivered, knocking him into a building nearby.

"Hiro!" She skated toward him.

The five ninjas jumped up before her, diving down as they each fished out weapons from their clothing. She slid down, avoiding all the attacks and skated behind them, watching them sink into shadows on the ground. She darted down the one-way street and jumped into the air, hurling a maglev disc onward.

The weapon bounced off a car door and smacked against a ninja as he rose out of a shadow, returning to her glove as she landed. She skated onward then dove forward, corkscrewing and releasing electricity out of her leotard. The electric pulses hit the road and cars nearby, electrocuting the ninjas as they hid in the shadows, driving them out.

She skidded on the ground and turned, seeing the ninjas back on their feet. She breathed heavily, clenching her fist as she rose to her feet. They ran toward her and she hurled the maglev discs on her arms, electrifying them before the attack. She sent the remaining ones on her feet with a dropkick, creating a large energy pulse as the weapons knocked against each other and shot at the attackers.

The weapons collided with the ninjas, hurling them back onto the vehicles that lined the street and the asphalt. The discs bounced off an oncoming car, flying back to her boots and gloves as she stood up. The driver disembarked, rage in her expression as she walked up to her.

"Do you know how expensive it was to fix the hood of my car? You're gonna pay for that, young lady!" Anger exuded from her bespectacled eyes.

"I'm sorry, it was –," A ninja rose out of a shadow below her and tripped her.

The attacker pulled her by her leg and tossed her forward, smacking her against the ground as she landed on her side. The woman screamed and ran back into her car as she saw the ninjas rise out of shadows. They stood up, looking at her menacingly as she started her car.

The woman drove straight at them, running them over and leaving them grovelling on the ground in pain. GoGo withheld a chuckle and frowned as she saw the ninjas begin to sink into the shadows. She skated into the building Hiro fell into, ignoring the people in the lobby as she placed her maglev discs on her back and went up the stairs.


THE ARMOURED ninja blocked Wasabi's swift forearm strikes, giving him three decisive palm thrusts to the mid-section and kicked him away. Fred swung a flame pole at him with a warrior's cry and he dodged it by turning into a mist, knocking him back with a hard left hook. Baymax flew up to him and he slapped his chest, shooting a dark energy ball at him, hurling him back. Violet sent her arm down, swinging a strip of energy at the armoured ninja, knocking him against the ground.

Dash ran up to him, lifted him and punched him several times in the gut at high speed as he was airborne, sprinted up behind him and elbowed him in the back of the head, knocking him down. He dashed up into the air, the world around him at a standstill as he jumped up to two ninjas diving towards the others. He sent a left hook then a right hook in midair, landing on the ground, skidding towards the roof's edge as he heard them fall over.

"Guys, we've got an emergency." Dr. Cello's voice came on their comm. links. "We've detected two of the heat sigs at two buildings and they're about to activate."

"You serious?" Honey's eyes dilated in horror.

"I'm sending you the coordinates right now."

"How're we gonna stop two of them at once?" Wasabi panicked.

"Easy." Dash walked up to Honey. "I'll handle one and Baymax and Violet can handle the other one, while you guys take down Misty over here." He pointed at the armoured ninja.

"Okay, here're some Chem. Balls." Honey began dialling them up. "Just toss them on badly cracked portions of a wall, ceiling or floor to prevent the room from collapsing."

"Gotcha." Violet nodded.

"Understood." Baymax walked up to her.

"Now, I've got some ruffians to unruffle." Dash cracked his knuckles.

"Dude, seriously?" Violet raised her brow, receiving a Chem. Ball absentmindedly.

"What? A guy can't feel old school?" Dash darted off then returned, having put a satchel on her. He sighed, straightening the strap of his own bag. "Man, I'm buying a lot of these today." He huffed.

"They are on the move." Baymax turned to the ninjas who were fighting the others, receiving a Chem. Ball from Honey via a circular opening on his palm.

Dash sped off, moving up to a ninja who he gave a swift uppercut, flinging him into the air. He darted up to another, kicking him in the gut, hurling him to the floor and dashed to another one, elbowing him in the face. He sprinted up to the armoured ninja with a right hook, meeting air as he transformed into a mist.

Dash ran around the mist, creating a quick tornado, collecting it into the centre, forcing the armoured ninja to reform and gave him an uppercut, flinging him back. The others stood and watched him at work, merely seeing streaks of dust crisscrossing on the concrete and the assailants being hurled through the air. He skidded to a stop and trotted in place.

"I am that fast." He punched the air like a boxer.

"Dash, we need to go." Violet turned to him.

"Oh, right." Dash ran up to them.

"Okay, that should do it." Honey tossed Violet a Chem. Ball.

"I believe these should be efficient." Baymax closed the opening on his palm. "I will be on my way."

"Good luck, guys." Violet closed her satchel.

"Nah, they don't need it." Dash chuckled.

Dash ran off while Baymax and Violet took it took it to the skies, separating in different directions. The ninjas slowly recuperated and Honey ran up to Wasabi and Fred, fishing out a Chem. Ball from her handbag. Wasabi went into a fighting stance and Fred twirled a flaming pole around.

"Alright, boys, let's finish the job." She smirked.

"Fire Hammer!" Fred lunged at a ninja, swinging the pole downward.


GOGO ran up several flights of stairs, having placed the maglev discs on the back of her armour. Ignoring the exhaustion and elevators to better her search, she got up to the fifth floor, treading down the hallway. She manoeuvred through the occupants of the office building, shrugging off their confused glances as she turned to her left.

The clanging of metal met her ears as she turned to see Hiro walk painfully down a staircase, holding his side in pain. She quickly walked up to him, giving assistance as he descended. Looking around, she saw a janitor's closet and helped him step through it as she heard the footsteps of the guards fast approaching.


SHE SET him down on the floor, shutting the door quietly behind her as she heard the footsteps coming. Shadows swept past, impeding the light beneath the door as she heard them go up the stairs. Sighing in relief, GoGo moved up to Hiro, removing his helmet. Her eyes dilated in shock as she saw that his skin got paler.

"Hiro." She stifled her voice.

"Yeah …" He winced. "I'm … fine."

"No, you're not." She looked around. "Crap, if only we wound up in the nurse's office or something."

"You're bad with meds." He chuckled faintly.

"Not as bad as I am at cooking." She shrugged.

"Nah, you're food's fine." He exhaled.

"You're looking like a bowl of oatmeal right now." She sat down. "Ironically, you look way better now than you do in the morning."

"That is your fault entirely." He chuckled.

"Look who started it." She smiled.

"Yeah …" He sunk back.

She looked around the room, turning her digital interface to night vision to assist her sight as she tried to make out through the darkness. Turning back to the normal spectrum, she shuffled over to his left arm that was folded over his midsection and lifted it up, aiming it at the door. She turned to him, fighting off worry as his eyes were clasped shut.

"Hiro, fire a laser at the door handle, just enough to melt it." She positioned his arm to it.

"Sure." He strained.

He clenched his fist and a small circular opening popped out of the plating of the armour, releasing a laser beam that made contact with the door. Melting the handle and part of the metal with the doorframe, he unclenched his hand, receding the mechanism back into the glove. She stood and walked toward the door, tiptoeing to it and pressed her ear against it. She listened then sighed with relief, moving back to him.

"Get outta that suit, you're gonna cook in there."

"Suit, eject." The armour's plating opened down the middle of his torso and limbs, freeing him.

"Now, let's get you out of it."

She walked up behind him and lifted him by his arms, dragging him carefully out of the suit and along the floor. She let go of him and sat down, leaning against a wall and tossed her helmet aside. She bent her knees slightly and parted her legs, pulling him up between them and rested his head on her stomach. She looked down at him, worry enveloping her as she watched him breath slowly with eyes closed. A smile adorned her, a source of relief washing over at the fact that he was still alive.

"So, what do we do now?" He opened his eyes slowly.

"Just wait for Baymax." She raked her fingers through his hair. "If we get enough bars, we can send the signal again or he'll fly by and sense you since he's always so worried."

"Kinda don't like being babied around." He fished out his phone and handed it to her.

"Can't blame him, I feel the same way." She received it.

"Still think of me as your younger brother, huh?"

"Wouldn't be dating you if I did, now would I?"

"It's not fair." He feigned an angry expression.

"What isn't?"

"You know you're irresistible from this perspective and you put me here when I'm all beat up."

"It isn't my fault, is it?"

She leaned down and kissed his forehead, moving upward and pressed her lips against his, slower and gentler than she normally would. She parted from him, raking her fingers through his hair as she leaned back. She locked eyes with him, the dirt brown nearly meshing as they matched.

"I love you, Hiro, you know that?" She smiled warmly. "You're not gonna die on me."

"It could happen." He smiled back. "I'm not immortal."

"Well, I'm not gonna repeat the same lines." She chuckled.

"Yeah." His eyes lowered till they were half closed.

"Just rest up; you don't wanna go unconscious with all your injuries."

"I kinda wanna rest elsewhere."

"Same here, but this armour's hard to take off." She knocked against her breastplate.

"Yeah, it'd be no fun now." He chuckled.

She smiled at him and continued playing with his hair, gaining a snort from him as he rested back. Heat radiated in her cheeks, unrelenting and involuntary as she looked down at him. She started pinching him, caressing his face like she was playing with clay.

"What're you doing?" His voice muffled.

"You're just so cute." She teased.

"Oh, stop it." He groaned.

She laughed at him and he frowned, though he let her continue, making him chuckle.


"ENOUGH OF your insolence!" The armoured ninja punched Fred, hurling him back.

His body turned into a mist, appearing behind Honey who was caught off guard. He elbowed her in the neck, instantly knocking her out as she fell over. Wasabi threw a right hook then a left one, missing the armoured ninja who dodged him swiftly. With a quick punch to the gut, he incapacitated him, letting him fall on the ground and grovel.

The armoured ninja stood over him, fishing out a sword from a sheath on his back as he walked up to him. He lifted the blade into the air, ready to strike when he sensed a presence above him. He turned around to a glowing fist crashing against his face as a man dove toward him. The armoured ninja fell back, scrambling to his feet as anger dilated his eyes.

The man who stood before him was clad in a dark form-fitting, sleeveless black body arrnour with metallic plates that accentuated his muscles. Copper bracelets wrapped around his wrists, matching the ninja mask that left two strips of cloth flowing off the back of his head. Yellow energy exuded from his fists, matching the resolute determination in his eyes a he walked forward.

"Danny Rand, the Iron Fist." The armoured ninja rose to his feet. "We finally meet after all these years."

"Nianzu Zhiqiang, you left Shangri-La to follow the path of darkness." Iron Fist walked up to him. "I am not here to bring you back the order, I am here to kill you because you have made your choice and you've taken so many lives that it's unforgivable."

"What is unforgivable is how you fools kept me from discovering my full potential and you." Nianzu pointed at him. "Have been the bane of my existence and have always stood in my quest for power."

"You sound like a spoiled pouting child. No one stood in your way for power, but you."

"If an entire city has to fall in order for me to kill you, then so be it." Nianzu lunged at him

"Wait!" Honey stood up, panting heavily.

"What?" They both turn to her.

"You're telling me that you killed nearly hundred just because you wanted to fight him?" She pointed at Iron Fist, rage exuding in her expression.

"Do not question my genius!" Nianzu raised a balled fist.

"Are you kidding me?" She fished out a Chem. Ball. "You son of a -,"

Nianzu shot a dark energy ball at her face, knocking her back and the other ninjas ran past him towards Iron Fist. Danny closed his eyes, calming his breath as he took a stance. He spread his arms apart, one to the right and the other upward, waving them and clasped his hands together.

A burst of light exploded out of him, engulfing the ninjas in its unrelenting intensity. The ninjas screamed in agony and fell back, plopping on the ground unconscious. The black energy that exuded from their bodies spewed out, spreading across the concrete as it sunk into the shadows until there was nothing left on them.

"Ah, you'll pay for that!" Nianzu lunged at Iron Fist, black energy exploding out of his fist.

Iron Fist stepped forward, ducking beneath the attack and pointed his hand at his midsection. He thrust his fist forward, crashing energy into his body that caused the dark mist to explode out of him. The armoured ninja fell back, completely unconscious as his pupils receded and left his eyes plain white. The others stood up slowly, awestruck as they looked at their downed foes.

"Hey, thanks for the hand." Wasabi walked up to Danny, assisting Honey.

"Who were those guys?" Honey looked around

"Who are you, awesome mysterious ninja?" Fred bowed to him.

"I'm Danny Rand, I'm a warrior from Shangri-La and I was sent here to bring this man to justice." Danny turned to them. "I apologize for all the inconveniences he has caused."

"Killing several people is more than an inconvenience." Honey stood on her own. "We can't thank you enough, he was mopping the floor with us."

"Well, I'm glad to have been of use." Danny bowed to her, hands pressed together. "I'll take care of these."

"Wait, you didn't answer my q -," Fred interrupted Honey.

"Hey, look at that!" Fred pointed behind them.

A low sound met their ears as a web stuck to a building, swinging toward them. Spider-Man swooped toward them, shooting another strip as he got closer. He hung upside down, his feet pressed against the fabric of the web as he bent his knees and descended.

"Have no fear, the Wall Crawler's here." He pointed to himself.

"Sorry, dude, the ninja with the glowing fists beat ya to it." Honey pointed behind her.

"Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Spider-Man!" Fred jumped repeatedly. "Ahh!" He fell off the edge of the roof.

"Wait, Iron Fist's here?" Spider-Man swung toward them.

"Yeah, he's right over -," Wasabi turned, raising his brow. "Where'd they go?"

The building was deserted, residue mist exuding off the edges of the roof as they scanned the expanse in confusion. A loud crash came from behind them, prompting them to look down at the street below. Fred laid on top of a car, a wide grin plastered on his face as he struggled to lift his arm up.

"I'm okay!" He groaned.

"Typical Danny." Spider-Man shook his head and looked around. "Man, I missed all the fun."


BAYMAX FLEW over the city, a strip of wind crisscrossing ahead of him in the streets below as Dash ran onward. The robot turned to a building to his left, his eyes flickering as he narrowed his sight on one of the upper floors. He flew through a window, breaking it as he ran down the hall, completely ignoring the surprised occupants.

He scanned the hall, turning to his left as he saw the door with the melted hinge. He burst through it, looking down at GoGo who was desperately pressing down on Hiro's chest, administering CPR. Baymax scanned him as he walked forward, catching GoGo's attention as she turned to him.

"Baymax, we're losing him." Her eyes exuded panic. "We've gotta do something."

GoGo pressed his chest down repeatedly, breathing heavily as she looked at him in fear, fighting off her thoughts that clouded her mind. Dark blue veins pulsated up Hiro's neck, contrasting against his pale skin that was near ash grey. Baymax looked down at him, repeatedly scanning his body.

"I am detecting high levels of toxins in his body." The robot's voice came monotonously.

"Why're you just standing there!? Help him!" GoGo turned to him, tears welling up in her eyes.

She pressed her lips against his, blowing air into his lungs as tears started running down her cheeks. She laid her head on his chest, listening as she tried to make out his heart beat. She moved back and shook him, her eyes dilated in terror as he did not respond, his limp neck falling back.

"Hiro! Hiro!" She began to cry.

"GoGo." Baymax looked at Hiro, his scans showing that his heart stopped. "I'm sorry for your loss." He turned to her.

"Hiro!"


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